Montgomery Zoo Conservation Projects2003-2010 |
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 SSP/PMP Participation Giant anteater, Banteng, Spectacled bear, cheetah, bongo, chimpanzee, siamang, colobus, eld’s deer, blue duiker, dama gazelle, slender-horn gazelle, giraffe, jaguar, kudu, ocelot, Asian rhino, spider monkey, maned wolf, pigmy hippo, African elephant, N.A. river otter, lion, Canada lynx, Andean condor, hammerkop, king vulture, black-footed penguins, toco toucan, Galapagos tortoise, Asian brown tortoise, indigo snake, crocodile monitor, taylors cantil, E. diamondback rattlesnake, emerald tree boa, annulated boa, bushmaster, Panamanian golden frogs Staff Involvement Published emerald tree boa and annulated boa studbook 1997-2004 (staff time & travel) Supported toucan SSP coordinator 2004-present (staff time & travel) Supported Venezuelan CAP secretary (staff time) AZA Animal Welfare Steering Committee member (staff time) Staff member coordinated toco toucan SSP population reconstruction project (held and distributed funds, staff time, staff training, importation of animals)  Monetary Donations 2003 ZOOCOG $500 Zoo Conservation Outreach Group 2005, 2006 CBSG $500 Captive Breeding Specialist Group 2007-2010 IRF $40,000 International Rhino Foundation 2008-2013 TNEC $5,000 The National Elephant Center Educational Presentations Annual Earth Day Event (2 days) Biome Presentation Eagle Observation & Awareness Program at Lake Guntersville State Park Annual Zoo Summer Camp for ages 6-12 Educational Materials Biobox loan program to educators Interpretive graphics on flagship animals throughout zoo Environmental & Resource Recycling Office and newspaper collection on site Ink cartridge collection on site Cell phone collection on site Aluminum can collection on site Zootrients, State Recycling grant to reduce landfill waste and produce reusable compost Zoo restaurant oil collection on site, used by City of Montgomery to produce biodiesel fuel Landfill waste owned by City of Montgomery used to produce methane gas fuel Field Conservation Projects 2005 Funded toco toucan population density survey in Georgetown, Guyana $2,000 2007-2010 Funded rhino translocation project in Nepal with rhino SSP $40,000 Elephant Conservation Projects Collected and provided umbilical cord samples from newborn baby elephant to Cornell University for EEHV study Hosted researcher and provided samples to Georgia Southern University for experimental estrous cycle determination using urine hormone analysis |
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